More than 1,000 Floridians attended public hearings held by the Constitution Revision Commission (CRC) on February 19 in Melbourne at Eastern Florida State College’s Maxwell C. King Center and on February 20 in Jacksonville at the University of North Florida’s Adam W. Herbert University Center as part of its’ “Road to the Ballot” public hearing tour.

At Eastern Florida State College, more than 240 individuals requested to speak before the CRC and approximately 600 attended the public hearing. At the University of North Florida, more than 210 individuals requested to speak before the CRC and approximately 500 attended the public hearing. Both public hearings began at 1:00 PM and extended past the noticed end time of 7:00 PM local time.